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Yea ... In SEC land, Arkansas sucked last year and wasn't ever considered a contender. In garbage conferences, I guess Arkansas can still be considered a "contender"... not surprising.

I'm not talking about last year....

You brought up Ohio State playing against Florida and LSU...it's only fair that you also bring up when they beat Arkansas...that happened more recently (2011) than the losses against Florida (2007) and LSU (200...

The point being... give me a RB that has to play against these type of defenses on a weekly basis. Not some overinflated stat sheet from some crappy conference.

Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, Auburn, Florida, Alabama. Those defenses have some players.

Ingram, Tate, Hardesty, McCluster, Ballard, Rainey, Locke, Ridley, Poole SEC There are some SEC boys who put up great stats or lets say "overinflated stats" playing in a wide open SEC. Even if you go back the last three years in the NFL leading rusher stats and look at the top 5 each year. 4 out of the 15 slots were SEC and those were Foster & McFadden each year. The SEC has talent no doubt. Alot of propects come from those schools. The Top RB this year is from the SEC but you don't line up the rest behind him because they are from the SEC. You want SEC guy that is your right...They could be a dud just like the next guy. History has shown it is equally true no matter what conference you play for. It is about individual talent. Wearing that SEC patch doesn't get you drafted.

Without last year's injury, Lattimore would have been the first RB taken in this year's draft.... no doubt.

No way should we pass on him in the 4th.... if he's even available there.

That should have been the end of the discussion, actually... I would make this argument about any player at any position - even if we didn't need one... QB, WR, whatever...

Think of it this way... you're getting a 1st round talent in the 4th round... even if you don't get him fully recovered until next year... Try trading a 4th round pick this year for a 1st round pick next year... see what happens